Toplis, Joseph, Lance Corporal, 13267, 2nd Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Attached 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Disembarked for service to Gallipoli in 1915
Born Matlock, Derbyshire
Enlisted Derby
Resided Matlock
Killed in action 12th July 1916 aged 20
Son of A. Lydia Toplis, of Clifton Villa, New St., Matlock, Derbyshire, and the late John Toplis.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Note: Recorded as J Topliss on the 1914-15 Star First World War Medal Roll and serving with 9th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

1911 Census
A school boy
Son of John, a hydropathic bath attendant, and Lydia Toplis, of Clifton Villa, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire

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(Article from the Derbyshire Courier, 29th July 1916)

Matlock
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Matlock, St. Giles' Church
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Matlock Bank
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